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At first I thought this should be more of a Blackhat trick, but since he seems to think he is creating good in the world by restoring, it makes sense that it is Cueball--[[Special:Contributions/70.166.209.171|70.166.209.171]] 14:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 
At first I thought this should be more of a Blackhat trick, but since he seems to think he is creating good in the world by restoring, it makes sense that it is Cueball--[[Special:Contributions/70.166.209.171|70.166.209.171]] 14:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
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Am I the only one who is also entertaining the possibility that the fan setup in the picture is not acting with, but rather counteracting the wind, that is turning the windmill that's supplying it with power? I understand that the alt-text makes it seem like Munroe's thinking about 'making up' for our interference with insolation (and presumably wind, water etc.) patterns. But, if we're going to bring in logic here, EVERYTHING falls apart. :D I had a little fun trying to model what kind of a dynamic equilibirum the hitherto described windmill-fan arrangement would settle into.  [[Special:Contributions/123.238.25.42|123.238.25.42]] 17:13, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

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Perhaps his motivation is to restore natural wind patterns to the environment. I remember reading about the ecological impact of wind power includes lessened wind currents. Some organisms rely on the wind to propagate the species, such as winds that blow seeds or how some spiders "parachute" on wind currents. Or it could be that he just likes to mess with people. --Joehammer79 (talk) 13:46, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


At first I thought this should be more of a Blackhat trick, but since he seems to think he is creating good in the world by restoring, it makes sense that it is Cueball--70.166.209.171 14:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


Am I the only one who is also entertaining the possibility that the fan setup in the picture is not acting with, but rather counteracting the wind, that is turning the windmill that's supplying it with power? I understand that the alt-text makes it seem like Munroe's thinking about 'making up' for our interference with insolation (and presumably wind, water etc.) patterns. But, if we're going to bring in logic here, EVERYTHING falls apart. :D I had a little fun trying to model what kind of a dynamic equilibirum the hitherto described windmill-fan arrangement would settle into. 123.238.25.42 17:13, 10 October 2012 (UTC)